List trimmed for dean of med school

Wednesday, June 9, 1999 | 10:37 a.m.

Six candidates have made the cut for the University of Nevada School of Medicine dean, Dr. David Westfall, vice president of academic affairs, said Tuesday.

The candidates are Dr. William Martin, pulmonary medical specialist, University of Indiana School of Medicine, Indianapolis; Dr. Robert Miller, vice chancellor of health sciences, Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans; Dr. Thomas Yoshikawa, internal medicine, Drew School of Medicine, Los Angeles; Dr. David Schapira, oncology, senior associate dean of the University of Nevada School of Medicine; Dr. Charles Kent Smith, vice dean for academic affairs, family medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland; and Dr. MacMillian Rodney, chairman of family medicine, University of Tennessee.

Westfall said interviews should be finished this month and a new dean named by July.

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